Trapped

Sep 27, 1949

1h 18m

★ 5.9

When a killer dreams of millions... and a girl to spend them on!

Overview

Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double-cross them.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Eagle-Lion Films

Trapped Trailers

Cast

Tris Stewart

Lloyd Bridges

Meg Dixon

Barbara Payton

Agent John Downey

John Hoyt

Jack Sylvester

James Todd

Chief Agent Gunby

Russ Conway

Agent Fred Foreman

Robert Karnes

Bartender (uncredited)

Jay C. Flippen

Betty Mason (uncredited)

Lucille Barkley

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Tommy Noonan

Mr. Baker (uncredited)

Dick Gordon

Agent Charles (uncredited)

Rory Mallinson

Sam the Bartender (uncredited)

Frank Sully

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

6.5

Cover Up

Feb 25, 1949

Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murder. Unfortunately, no one wants to assist him with the case, including Sheriff Larry Best.

6.3

Witness to Murder

Apr 15, 1954

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

6.4

Calling Dr. Death

Dec 17, 1943

Losing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been brutally murdered. Steele, aware of his conniving wife's infidelity, believes he may have been the killer and enlists the aid of his pretty nurse Stella to hypnotize him into recovering his lost memories.

5.9

Nocturne

Oct 29, 1946

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.

6.3

The Locket

Dec 20, 1946

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

5.4

Appointment with a Shadow

Sep 1, 1957

George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal.

6.2

The Clouded Yellow

Nov 21, 1950

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.

5.9

5 Against the House

Jun 10, 1955

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

6.3

City of Fear

Feb 1, 1959

An escaped convict gets a hold of some radioactive material after his escape. Authorities desperately try to find the man that unknowingly is threating the lives of everyone in the city.

7.1

The Breaking Point

Oct 6, 1950

A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.

7.0

Phantom Lady

Jan 28, 1944

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.

4.8

The Human Jungle

Oct 3, 1954

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.

6.2

The Glass Web

Nov 11, 1953

A manipulative diva blackmails a married man and insults her secret lover, leading to her murder. As the husband tries to cover his tracks, the lover sabotages him and suggests turning the case into a TV show episode.